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Melodies in the making: How Miraj's sitarmakers keep Indian classical music alive

October 27, 2024 12:53 pm

Situated 240 km from Pune, Miraj is a former princely state in Sangli district that has turned into a hub of artisans who create tanpuras, sitars and other string instruments that form the bedrock of Indian classical music.

Nanded man arrested for 'terror' plans in Punjab

February 06, 2014 3:52 pm

Nanded police have no record of Satnam being involved in terror.

Will keep rly tracks clean; a promise hard to keep

August 01, 2012 1:29 am

CR officials say severe water crunch has hit cleaning operations

Baby kidnapped from rly platform

May 06, 2012 1:44 am

Four unidentified persons allegedly kidnapped a one-year-old baby girl from the Pune railway station on April 29.

Eight months on,Sangli flare-up lays bare NCP faultlines

June 18, 2010 3:50 am

Nearly 8 months after the twin towns of Sangli and Miraj witnessed communal violence,the HC sought a report on the flare up.

NCP leader arrested for Miraj riots

June 14, 2010 3:15 am

The Maharashtra Police on Sunday arrested Mainuddin Shamsuddin Bagwan of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for allegedly masterminding the communal riots in Miraj...

Curfew lifted in Sangli,Miraj

September 15, 2009 11:49 am

Peace returned to riot-torn Sangli and Miraj in South-Western Maharashtra as the district authorities lifted curfew imposed since September 6.

BJP blames Maha govt for communal clash in Miraj

September 07, 2009 7:29 pm

The opposition BJP said the party will organise demonstrations in protest against the violence.

Once an MP, rape-convict Prajwal Revanna is now a clerk at prison library

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Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former PM H D Deve Gowda, has been assigned clerical duties at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison after receiving a life sentence for rape. He earns Rs 520 per day and faces multiple charges stemming from four cases, with evidence including videos of the assaults recorded on his phone. He was found guilty in one case and still faces trial in the others.

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